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SAN JOSE, CA – Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments continued to grow, increasing nearly 5% during the second quarter, compared to the first quarter, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group.
Total area shipments were up about 12% year-over-year, said SEMI.
Total area shipments were up about 12% year-over-year, said SEMI.
"Despite recent concerns regarding the health of the industry, wafer shipments continue to increase,” said Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman SEMI SMG and corporate vice president of Siltronic AG. ”Growth is primarily coming from 300 mm shipments, which in the second quarter accounted for roughly 35% of the total silicon area shipped.”
STAMFORD, CT – The top five consumers of semiconductors last year, ranked in order, were Hewlett-Packard, Dell Inc., Nokia Oyj, Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., according to Gartner Inc.
HP consumed about $14 billion worth of chips, about 5% of the total output of the semiconductor industry, according to Gartner.
Dell and Nokia both took in about $12 billion in chips; Motorola used $11 billion and Samsung used about $10 billion, reported the research firm.
The top 50 consumed about $161 billion in semiconductors, or about 61% of global production. These firms had a higher percentage in communications electronics: 32% versus 26% for the market overall, said Gartner.
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA – Tyco Electronics Ltd. reported a loss of $1.37 billion in the third quarter, mostly as a result of a class action settlement and separation costs.
NEWARK, NY — EMS provider IEC Electronics Corp. reported third-quarter net profit rose 700% to $553,000, while sales jumped 110% to $11.2 million.
Fiscal year-to-date net profits are $579,000 on sales of $31.3 million. Both figures are up strongly over last year's revenue of $14.6 million and net loss of $137,000.
The company added 20 employees during the quarter, which ended June 29.
In a statement, chairman and CEO W. Barry Gilbert said order backlogs are "reasonably higher" than the $21.7 million figure reported at the end of fiscal 2006. Growth came from existing acounts; IEC did not add any new customers during the quarter.
NEENAH, WI - Plexus Corp., a top EMS firm, reported third-quarter net profits fell 38% on a 4.4% drop in sales.
RUSHFORD, MN - RiverBend Electronics Ltd. announced the opening of a 30,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Rushford, MN.
The plant will focus on low-volume electronic assembly.
RiverBend says it created the business out of a need for product startup and end-of-life services in the industry. The company will provide circuit board assembly, box build, product distribution and any related process requirements.
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